Heatsinks..best place to get them in the U.S.?

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Hey guys, looks like I am going to start collecting parts for an F5 V2 Turbo build. However, I need to know where I can get some good heatsinks as most of these amplifier cases I have seen recommended come from Europe I think I am going to try and get the heatsinks and make the case myself.

I would prefer them to be anodized black already as well. I dont care about the design of the heatsinks at all, I just want some that will do the job properly.
 
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Hey thanks for that, I also saw digikey.com has some heatsinks but I didnt have a chance to look through them too much.

I am not sure how I am going to tackle this project at the moment as I was first thinking of getting the PCB's first and soldering everything to them and then purchase the heatsinks/case later on for final assembly as I gather more funds. However, if I have the case first I can get things put together as I go.

P.s. I lived in Fort Collins for 4 years and miss it very much! If I could get my wife to move further from the beach it would be back to CO....but at 2 hours away now it is already too much for her...we take constant day trips to Pismo/San Luis Obispo as it is...
 
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For F5 V2, you'll need some serious heatsinks, it's gonna need to be big. I would get the sinks, and build the case first. This will be the most costly and time consuming part of the project. Populating/placing pcbs is a mere formality once the hard part is done.


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I found these as well but dont know of the cost.

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the ~$100 for the others is attractive. I want to try and keep costs down and in my mind the simpler the better as long is can handle the heat that is going to be thrown at it.

I plan a simple case that is just square, black, and the front has a VU meter wired to work how Nelson Pass has his PassLabs XA line meter working of holding still when operating in Class A
 
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I think the best course of action is to get the pre-drilled 5U chassis from the store. Look at it as an investment -- because of the universal mounting spec you will need only change the amplifier boards (and maybe transformer) if you want to try a different amp. The PSU and chassis are then genuinely universal, which is nice, as that's where the $$$$ is when building an amp.
 
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6L6 said:
I think the best course of action is to get the pre-drilled 5U chassis from the store. Look at it as an investment -- because of the universal mounting spec you will need only change the amplifier boards (and maybe transformer) if you want to try a different amp. The PSU and chassis are then genuinely universal, which is nice, as that's where the $$$$ is when building an amp.
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I intend on buying 3 of those, one for current Turbo F-5 V-2 build, the other 2 for Turbo F-5 v-3 mono blocks. We'll see how the V-2 goes first!

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6L6 said:
I think the best course of action is to get the pre-drilled 5U chassis from the store. Look at it as an investment -- because of the universal mounting spec you will need only change the amplifier boards (and maybe transformer) if you want to try a different amp. The PSU and chassis are then genuinely universal, which is nice, as that's where the $$$$ is when building an amp.
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I honestly had not thought about the fact that the 5U was a universal chassis and really does make for a wise purchase. That way I will have one chassis that I can also use for furture projects as well. I intend on toying with some of my own designs once I study up on amplifier design. One thing that interests me is the hybrid SS and Tube amps as well as the SIT designs.
 
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When you consider that you can build basically any of the Pass designs (BA-2, BA-3, F4, F5, F5c, F5T, Tea-Bag's new F6 boards, and possibly soon AlephJ) And the HoneyBadger in that case, you quickly see that it's a smokin' deal.

Also there are many more PCB that you could adapt with minimum fuss into it as well.
 
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